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Join the CSEG Mentorship Program and GeoWomen of Calgary for an interactive workshop with David Abday, P.Eng.. The goal of this workshop is to provide you with practical insights for self-development and leading others; developing potential for you, your team, your organization and those you mentor. A series of 2×2 matrices will be presented, discussed and shared; offering perspective, giving you hope and encouraging you in leading yourself and others.

EVENT DETAILS

Everyone is welcome! This event is free to attend, and no registration is required.

BIOGRAPHY

David’s career has been focused on improving team, project and company performance with a focus on technical team alignment, coaching, mentoring and practical “on the job” leadership training. He is a practitioner able to deliver people-dependent return on investment through building relationships and by being a catalyst for successful project delivery and organizational transformation. David has been trusted to improve team performance by creating an environment where trust, respect and service flourish. His passion is investing in the lives of the emerging generations of leaders through mentoring, equipping, and training to see them develop and grow on their journey to their potential.

David has extensive experience in the energy industry in Canada and the U.S., as well as experience in various industries across Canada. More recently he has been involved in North American oil, natural gas and LNG mega-projects.

“There has never been a more significant moment in history for women to step into Bold & Visible feminine leadership.”

Join GeoWomen of Calgary for a presentation by Callie B. Elwayns, Founder and CEO of Bold & Visible, where she will share her experience on how to cultivate leadership presence; stop dimming down and step into greater levels of confidence, visibility and impact.

EVENT DETAILS

Everyone is welcome! This event is free to attend, and no registration is required.

BIOGRAPHY

Callie B. Elwaynsis a transformational leadership mentor, story teller and community builder. Callie’s journey from living on the streets as a young teen, to becoming a corporate CEO and community leader, was marked with many struggles and triumphs. She is a living role model for how to cultivate the
courage to break through our own inner glass ceilings and step up to play our biggest game!

Callie offers transformational workshops, retreats, and coaching to catapult women into bold new levels of leadership, visibility, and authentic self-expression. Let go of old patterns and learn to use your body, voice, and presence powerfully and expressively to increase your confidence, visibility, and impact. Callie’s unique method draws on performing arts-based practices such as voice and movement training, improvisation, personal story telling, and more, to awaken an embodied experience of authentic feminine power and presence.

A born-and-raised Calgarian, Callie is a high-achieving executive with over 20 years’ collaborative leadership experience. Notable success as Executive Director of the Calgary Regional Partnership & Calgary Regional Economic Development Alliance, leading the process for 14 municipalities, industry and other diverse interests to create a shared vision, and negotiate terms, for a long-term growth plan for the Calgary Region.
Callie is Chair of the Grizzly Den, a panel of influential Calgary business leaders, similar to television’s Dragon’s Den, who listen to the pitches of clients coming through Higher Landings’ career transformation program. She holds a Master of Leadership and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

What are the career paths available to a geoscientist in the Petroleum Industry? What skill sets are required and how might the path look along the way?

Join GeoWomen of Calgary for a noon-hour panel discussion on various geoscience career paths within the Oil & Gas Industry. Our panel of geoscientists from various industry sectors, including technical services, exploration & production and the public sector, will give us a glimpse of what they do in their roles, what they like (and don’t like) about what they do and share their stories & advice on building a career as a geoscientist in the Petroleum Industry in Calgary.

EVENT DETAILS

Everyone is welcome! This event is free to attend, and no registration is required.

BIOGRAPHIES

Maren Blair, P.Geol.| Maren has a B.Sc. from the University of Alberta in geology (2002). After completing her degree, Maren worked for Schlumberger Canada from 2002 until 2005 in the Wireline Evaluation Services division. From 2005 until present Maren has worked for Sproule as a geologist focusing mainly on independent reserves certifications and reservoir characterization projects in Western Canada. Maren is currently serving as the Canada Region President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).

Rochelle Longval, G.I.T. | Rochelle Longval’s passion for geology is more than a passion – it’s her life. After all, her name means “little rock.” Ever since she was little, Rochelle had a love for science and the outdoors. She’s now working as an Exploration Geologist (GIT) for Cenovus Energy – with expertise in acquisition and divestiture evaluations, including risk assessment and making recommendations for future value add opportunities. She uses her own experiences to inspire the next generation of geologists. In addition to helping shape young minds, Longval is dedicated to advancing women like herself in the energy industry. She initiated the Geoscience Women’s Group for the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. This past year she was a Young Women in Energy Award Recipient and continues to be an advocate for women in geology.

Tiffiny Yaxley | Tiffiny graduated with a BSc in Geology from the University of Alberta in 2006. After a number of years working technical roles in the oil and gas industry she moved into sales. In 2011 she took on a technical sales role and ended up finding her strength and enthusiasm for work there more than ever. In sales she discovered her passion for presenting, human interaction and helping others. She has 7 years of experience in a technical sales, 4 of which in a leadership position.

Krista Beavis, P.Geol.|Krista Beavis is currently working with a multi-disciplinary team to better understand how current subsurface energy development can be used to understand potential future surface expression at the Alberta Energy Regulator. She is passionate about true collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for the province. Krista graduated from the University of Calgary with a BSc. in Geology, and Applied & Environmental Geology in 2007. She has since worked in multiple sectors of the industry in Alberta, from exploration to remediation, and currently regulation. Krista is registered as a Professional Geologist with APEGA, and holds memberships with CSPG and CSUR. In her time away from the office, Krista enjoys traveling, cooking and baking, hiking, knitting, gardening, and adventures with her puppy.

Alexandria Shrake, P.Geoph. | Alex is an Analyst with Chevron Canada Resources working on the Strategy and Planning Team. Alex has a BSc in Geophysics from the University of Calgary (2012), and six years of experience working in Horn River, Liard, and Kaybob Duvernay with Chevron. Alex is a fellow of Action Canada and the Public Policy Forum, a policy think tank to encourage inter-provincial collaboration, perspective, and policy recommendations on Canada’s energy future. As a member of the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG), Alex has spent the past 5 years working across the country with students and the public and won volunteer of the year 2016. The last two years, Alex has spent building ENERGYminute – a non-profit education foundation that has recently qualified for charitable status. ENERGYminute’s purpose is to foster energy literacy in Canada for less polarizing dialog and curate inquiry based learning studies for students K-12.

BIOGRAPHY | Jennifer Arnold is a hydrogeologist within the Liability Management and Remediation Service Group at Advisian, a division of Worley Parsons Canada. She has been in the environmental consulting industry for over 11 years gaining experience within the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry building conceptual site models and site assessments and remediation, specializing in bedrock characterization.
Jennifer provides technical support in areas of fractured bedrock characterization; data gap analysis; risk assessment; interpretation and application of Federal and Provincial remediation guidelines; as well as providing remedial options and recommendations for impacted sites based on hydrogeology; principal contaminants of concern; exposure and receptor pathways, and project goals. For over the past year, Jennifer has been seconded to Shell Canada with the Environment and Regulatory Compliance team to support contamination projects.
Ms. Arnold has experience in a variety of site settings including working within residential areas and sites with sensitive stakeholders. She has valuable experience in areas concerning the migration of NAPL contaminated groundwater in complicated hydrogeological environments including fractured bedrock, as well as NAPL characterization for the purpose of both building a strong CSM and remediation.
Jennifer has a Bachelor of Science honours degree in Earth Sciences and Microbiology and Immunology from Dalhousie University, Halifax, as well as a Master of Science degree focusing on groundwater remediation from the University of Saskatchewan and is a professional geologist with APEGA.

Join GeoWomen of Calgary for a presentation by Jackie Rafter, President & CEO of Higher Landing, where she will share her expertise on knowing your brand, emerging work trends in Alberta & steps you can take as a geoscientist to better manage your career.

Jackie’s Biography:

Jackie Rafter is a visionary serial entrepreneur and a catalyst for bringing to life forward-looking ideas and businesses. As Founder, President & CEO of Higher Landing, Jackie works with and mentors professionals, executives and globally-known athletes to help them realize their greatest ambitions and career goals. The proprietary Career Transformation methodology she has pioneered at Higher Landing is being broadly adopted across professions, particularly in the oil & gas industries as they go through significant, disruptive change.

A born-and-raised Calgarian, Jackie is a passionate change agent who believes deeply in the ability of people to tap into their potential. She is particularly focused on helping people reinvent, brand and package themselves to take advantage of the massive systemic changes taking place in job search and career management. She has taught at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary and regularly appears in various media as an expert and thought leader on the oil & gas job market and the career transformation strategies necessary to thrive in it.

Previous to starting Higher Landing, Jackie built two successful executive search firms, including Quaderra, founded Canada’s first publicly traded company with an all-female Board of Directors, Roxi Capital (now trading as Plastifab Corp. – PFB.TSX) and was a founder of Anorak Capital (now trading as Total Energy Services TOT.TSX).

Jackie holds dual degrees from the University of Calgary with an MBA and Bachelor of Education (French) and is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. She is a champion of helping people live healthy and authentic lives and enjoys travel and running long distance. She has worked in five countries around the world, including Monaco, the UK, Switzerland and South Africa.

How to not just survive, but thrive during a downturn in the industry: A case study of my life and what I have done to thrive in the past 5 years.

Abstract:

It’s a well known fact that the oil and gas industry is cyclical, and downturns are inevitable. The downturn that we have been in since 2015 has been especially bad. Everyone wants to keep their jobs and not end up unemployed. But what do you do? How do you keep your job, survive the downturn and make it through to the better times? And what if you are just starting out or what something more from your career? Using Amanda’s own life and experiences as a case study, she will give concrete examples of what has worked for her and what you can try in your own life to not just survive but thrive during a downturn.

Amanda’s Biography:

Amanda obtained a B.Sc. Astrophysics in 2008, and an M.Sc. Astronomy (Planetary Science) in 2010 from the University of Western Ontario. Since 2013 she has been working as a seismic processor for Divestco. During this time she has given several presentations for her project that looks at impact structures in seismic data; the perfect union of her seismic processing work with her love of astronomy. She is a member of the CSEG.

There has been much talk about bullying and sexual harassment and assault in the workplace lately. In January, GeoWomen posted a short, anonymous survey to its website to ascertain how our community’s experiences correspond with the rest of the world’s. No names, no details, just collecting statistics on yes/no responses for the future panel discussion on this subject to inform us of experiences and strategies to manage similar situations.

GeoWomen would like to acknowledge Susan R. Eaton, P.Geol., P.Geoph., for assisting with writing the questions for this survey and Yulini Arediningsih, M.Sc., P. Geo, for posting it and making it a reality.

GeoWomen #MeToo / #TimesUp Survey – January 2018

These findings confirm other surveys:

41.2% – The percentage of GeoWomen respondents who have been sexually harassed at work.

44% – The percentage of GeoWomen respondents who reported to a superior or HR.

20.6% – The percentage of GeoWomen respondents who have been sexually assaulted in the workplace.

25% – The percentage of GeoWomen respondents who reported to a superior or HR.

#MeToo Attitudes: Some findings challenge conventional wisdom

52% – The percentage of Canadian women who say they have been subject to sexual harassment in the workplace

28% – The percentage of Canadian women who say they have been subject to non-consensual sexual touching in the workplace

GeoWomen Panel Discussion May 14, 2018

The history of sexual bullying and sexual harassment and abuse here in Calgary in the oil and gas industry is long and persistent. Each female geoscientist has her own experiences and knowledge of other women’s experiences— yet, there has been no public accounting of gender-, race-, or sexual orientation-based bullying and sexual harassment or abuse to hold the perpetrators to account or to stop the practice altogether. While individual companies have internal harassment policies, rarely does the execution of these policies become public. It is “understood” that secrecy is the overarching policy of most companies when bullying, harassment, and abuse occur.

Our esteemed women panelists will discuss stories of bullying and sexual harassment and abuse, either in person or as anonymous submissions. Many submissions remain anonymous because of either the perceived and/or real and negative implications of speaking up publically. The panelists will describe the legal implications and psychological realities that are experienced by workplace bullying and sexual harassment and abuse. What are the steps that a woman geoscientist can take to mitigate the damage to her career, safety and mental and physical well-being?

We know that the best way to right persistent wrongs is to shine the light on them. To begin – ask some simple questions and examine the responses. Next, make these findings known to the public. Finally, insist that significant measures be put in place to drive change and ensure a safe and equitable workplace for all.

The findings from this panel will be communicated to the Alberta Status of Women in answer to their Business Plan – Key Strategies 1.4 – Facilitate collaboration among community organizations, local governments, and stakeholders to share information and leverage collective resources to improve social outcomes for women and girls. Suggest that the Alberta government require reporting systems for bullying, harassment and sexual abuse occurrences, analyses, and outcomes that will result in government credits for good behavior and costs for non-compliance.

If you are a woman geoscientist in Canada, we encourage you to complete our GeoWomen #MeToo and #TimesUp online survey, click here to participate.

This is a free event – no registration required. Bring your lunch and questions.

PANELISTS:

Susan’s career in the oil and gas industry has spanned more than 30 years—she’s worked as a geologist and geophysicist with multi-national energy companies and international consulting firms, as a regulatory geophysicist with the federal government in Ottawa, and as a vice-president of exploration with several privately-held and publicly-traded junior oil and gas companies.

Equipped with a journalism degree, Susan began her media career as an on-camera news reporter with CBC-TV. Today, as a freelance writer, she reports on science and technology, business, energy, the environment, geotourism and adventure travel. Her articles and photographs have been widely published in American and Canadian magazines and newspapers.

Susan explores the world’s oceans—from Antarctica to the Arctic—in the snorkel zone, a unique land-sea-ice-air interface where charismatic animals and snorkelers comingle. Since 2010, she has participated in several science-based polar expeditions, studying the interplay of plate tectonics, oceans, glaciers, climate and life.

The founder and leader of the all-female Sedna Epic Expedition, Susan has led two scuba diving and snorkeling expeditions to Labrador, Nunavut and Western Greenland, documenting disappearing sea ice in the Arctic and delivering ocean knowledge mobilization programs to Inuit youth and Elders, with a particular focus on empowering Inuit girls and young women.

In 2015, Susan was named one of Canada’s top 100 modern-day explorers and trailblazers by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (the “RCGS”). In 2016, the RCGS named her one of Canada’s 25 greatest female explorers.
She holds a B.Sc. Honours degree (Geology and Biology) from Dalhousie University, a B.J. (Journalism) Honours degree from Carleton University, and an M.Sc. in Petroleum Geology (Geophysics Specialization) from the University of London’s Imperial College (the Royal School of Mines).

Alicia Bjarnason MA PGeol. is a Senior Geologist with 15 years of experience within the oil and gas sector. She is currently the President of the AWSN (Alberta Women in Science Network) and the Program Director for the Work Re-engagement Program – funded by Status of Women Canada and Alberta Status of Women. Alicia is the former Program Manager for the BESTT Program (Bridge for Engineering, Science, Technology Talent). She is a Co-Founder of the WINN Network (Women’s Workplace Improvement Network), and currently sits on the Women in APEGA Advisory Committee. Alicia has also volunteered for a variety of STEM-related groups including CCWESTT, MentorUP Calgary, and the Operation Minerva Calgary Program.

Alicia recently finishing her MA from the University of Calgary in the Geography department. Her project focused on the role Professional Women’s Groups play within the greater discussion of diversity and inclusion within the work environment of Alberta’s Resource Sector.

Catherine McAteer is a lawyer who runs her own practice focused on supporting individuals and small business during times of employment transition. She also practices in the area of immigration law and is a professional photographer specializing in birth.

Catherine lives and works in the inner city with her two daughters, spouse and tries to squeeze in as much time on a bicycle as possible. Prior to starting her own practice, she was a lawyer with one of the largest law firms in Calgary and in-house counsel for an oilfield services company. Now she is able to juggle it all with the help of a very understanding boss.

Dianna Campbell Smith is a psychologist, executive coach, author, and speaker who works with individuals and couples, solopreneurs and executives to help them understand, manage, evolve, and be successful in their life and their work. After spending over a decade as a geologist in the oil patch and over another decade as a psychologist, she truly understands the connection between logic and emotions – how to be successful both in life and in the workplace. She knows it matters how well you connect with others and are able to communicate that understanding back to them. Her experience as a Director for over 5 years in a large counseling agency allowed her to put those strong communications skills into action.

She has been interviewed for television and radio on a variety of topics, as well as for print articles. She has developed and taught a number of workshops including ‘Towards Happiness’ with her most recent being ‘Sharpen Your Emotion Awareness and Skills Edge’. This last online workshop has expanded on the work of her PsyD and her book ‘Skills for a Life of EASE’.

Dianna holds a BSc in geology from Carleton University, as well as 3 degrees in psychology leading to a PsyD from the University of Southern California.

MODERATOR:

Amaka Sanni is an IT sales Manager at Axia Fibrenet. She has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Madonna University but moved into the IT space because she found it very interesting and challenging. With over 10 years experience in customer service and quality assurance in the Telecom industry, she enjoys solving problems and sometimes creating new ones.
Amaka has led and facilitated many training sessions and discussions on leadership and effective communication in Toastmasters international where she is currently serving as an Area director.

She is passionate about empowering women and encouraging them to support each other.

In celebrating International Women’s Day 2018, GeoWomen will have Julia McElgunn presenting a very interesting topic titled Reinventing Your Career.

Details of the event:

WHEN | Monday, March 19, 2018

AGENDA | 11:45am – Networking | 12:00pm – Presentation by Julia

Overview

Numerous job or career options are available for geoscientists within and outside the oil and gas industry. Although the opportunities are not always the traditional jobs we’ve been accustomed to, these opportunities are out there but require a new approach.

Firstly, innovation happens through transformation. To create the necessary innovation, you must learn to transform how you view your experience and knowledge into a new wholistic and more general perspective. Much like horizontal drill technology transformed and revolutionized the gas industry into a liquids-rich gas industry. It’s through recognizing failures and asking questions that you can truly transform and be innovative about career opportunities.

Secondly, your expertise and knowledge are unique to each individual and become the differentiators. By recognizing your expertise and knowledge, they become your assets. Understanding your assets creates an opening to see the potential and the transferability of those assets. We must know what we own. For example, geologically speaking, once knowledge is gained about a particular formation owned (or one wishes to own); decisions can be made to set the individual or company up for economic success, but the unknown can result in missed and lost opportunities.

Lastly, it’s important to couple passion with demand. Understanding what your passions are, what gets you excited and what drives you each day is fundamental to being engaged and fulfilled. Bringing the passion and drive into an area that has demand will increase the COS (chance of success) of finding satisfying employment.

In summary, there are options available. Three factors differentiate those who recognize these opportunities from those who don’t: 1) innovation through transformation, 2) owning your expertise and 3) understanding where passion meets demand.

Biography

Julia is a professional exploration and development geologist. She has broad geotechnical experience from across Canada, including exposure to the Wolfcamp Basin. Julia has worked the entire Western Canada geological stack: Devonian, Mississippian, Triassic, and Cretaceous. Her strong technical skills are the foundation of her mapping, and although, her primary focus has been on mapping large exploration-based prospects, she has also enjoyed success with integrated detailed mapping required for good development.
This mother of 4 is extremely passionate about the dance between science and human behavior. Her strong connection to critical thinking causes her to constantly question both sides of a story, seeking to understand before providing a creative win-win solution.
She is an Advocate for Environmental Sustainability and works continuously to build awareness, education, and dialogue around the integration of multiple priorities, including equity, inclusion, environmental, health and economic. Julia strongly believes all of these can be achieved if we think and lead from our most creative, innovative and engaged selves.
In a time where the oil and gas industry is under political scrutiny, Julia sees an opportunity to bring a voice to how Alberta oil and gas lives up to the standards.

Abstract:

If you believe the media and vocal environmental groups – the Petroleum Industry is a sunset industry and we are at the end of the fossil fuel era. But are we really?
We use energy every day and yet most of the population doesn’t understand where it actually comes from. Even so, many people emphatically believe that we can get off fossil fuels and completely convert to renewables for ALL our energy needs by 2030.
Globally, we use energy for two broad categories: Electricity and Transportation. Electrical demands are currently met by a combination of coal, natural gas, hydro, nuclear, wind, solar and geothermal. Transportation demands are dominantly met by oil. Recently, there is momentum to convert vehicles from internal combustion to electric engines. This switch would put all energy needs on the electric grid. This is the dream, but can it be done in the time frames suggested? Will people really be willing to give up their addiction to oil? Is this the end of the Oil Industry in Canada?
The energy business is about supply and demand. Global energy demand continues to increase. There are still 1.3 Billion people worldwide who don’t have access to electricity. With population growth, increasing numbers in the middle class and a developing third world; energy demand will only continue to grow. Social license plays an import role in Energy. Coal, Oil and Natural Gas are not the first energy sources to play on the social conscience. Nuclear power lost its social license in the 1980s and continues to be phased out globally. At the end of the day, there is a huge gap between the amount of energy we consume now and in the future with the amount of energy, we can produce from “socially acceptable” sources.

Biography :

Astrid Arts, Staff Geologist, Cenovus Energy
Astrid Arts is a Staff Geologist at Cenovus Energy. She is a native Albertan who moved to Calgary to pursue a career as a Petroleum Geologist. Astrid studied at the University of Alberta earning a BSc (Hons) in Geology and an MSc in Carbonate Sedimentology. After 8 years in the industry, she took a 5-year leave to stay at home with her boys and made the transition back to work 7 years ago. She understands the unique challenges women face in the Petroleum Industry in balancing life and a rewarding career.

Some topics will be discussed:

Women on boards and the ‘comply or explain’ rule
Companies listed on the TSX (but not the TSX Venture Exchange) are currently required under securities law to provide disclosure regarding the representation of women among their directors and executive officers (Caroline Moreau, February 27, 2017)

Companies With More Women in Management Positions Are More Profitable
A recent study shows that having at least 30% of women in leadership positions in companies results in greater profitability. Analyzing 21,980 publicly traded companies in 91 countries, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and EY demonstrate that having a management group comprising of at least 30% women will add 6% to the company’s net profit margin. “The evidence on women in the C-suite is robust: no matter how we torture the data we get the same result: women in the C-suite are associated with higher profitability.” (Marcus Noland, director of studies at the Peterson Institute)Has this information influenced the number of women on boards and in leadership positions in the Energy Industry? If not; why not?

We have asked a number of professionals to come and discuss this topic from the perspective of investment banking, legal implications of board governance and disclosure of Boards of Directors.

Biographies:

Erin Poeta, Manager at Hugessen Consulting. Prior to joining Hugessen, Erin worked in the operations and business development department at a Canadian manufacturer of environmental protection technologies. Erin later worked as an implementation-based management consultant across a variety of industries, namely, healthcare, and financial services. Throughout her university and professional tenure, Erin also spent time working with organizations within the realm of social finance, impact investing and corporate sustainability. Erin graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2010 with an Honours Business Administration degree and a certificate of Global Leadership for her academic and professional experiences abroad. Prior to Ivey, Erin spent a semester abroad at Menéndez Pelayo International University studying Spanish and international business.

Roger A. Serin, P.Eng., Managing Director, Senior Energy Advisor, TD Securities Managing Director and since August 2013, Senior Energy Advisor to TD Securities Global Energy and Power Investment Banking Group, located in Calgary. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and the Head of Energy Research, also at TD Securities. Roger joined TD Newcrest (the predecessor to TD Securities) in January 2003 as an oil & gas analyst covering the mid-cap E&P sector. During his time at TD Securities he also provided research coverage for the oilfield services sector. Roger is a professional engineer who has over 25 years of oil & gas industry experience with various large and small oil & gas companies and over 15 years in sell side research and Investment Banking. He was consistently top ranked in Brendan Wood surveys as an analyst in a number of categories. In addition, he was a partner in the predecessor firm to GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd., one of Calgary’s premier evaluation consulting firms. Roger graduated with a B.Sc. (Honors) in mechanical engineering from Queens University in 1975.

Janel Young, Associate – Corporate Group Stikeman Elliott LLP. Janel Young is an associate in the Corporate Group of Stikeman Elliott LLP whose practice focuses on general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance and securities. She acts for private and public companies and investment funds on a broad range of matters including public and private offerings of securities, initial public offerings, asset and share purchase and sale transactions, plan of arrangement transactions and corporate reorganizations. Janel also acts for public entities with respect to stock exchange listings, corporate governance, and securities regulatory compliance matters. Janel attended the University of British Columbia (J.D. 2012) and Queen’s University (First Class Honours B. Comm. 2009).

Wendy Shier, P. Geol., Strategy Advisor, WCP Strategy, Chair, Women’s Leadership Network-Action Committee, Husky Energy. Throughout her more than twenty-year career, Wendy Shier has held various technical and leadership positions with small, mid-size and major oil and gas producers in Calgary. These include Geologist, Team Lead, Geoscience Manager, and Strategy Advisor. Wendy has developed a passion for mentoring, coaching and leadership. In addition to finding and developing hydrocarbon pools, leading teams through good and bad economic times, aligning and developing strategies and processes, Wendy has taken on additional roles that support career development, leadership development and diversity. In her role of Challenge Champion at BP, Wendy supported new graduate engineering, geoscience, and commercial employees by facilitating mentorship relations, coordinating job rotations, and advocating for training. Since joining Husky, Wendy has served on Husky’s Diversity and Respectful Workplace Council, coordinated and actively participated in formal and informal mentoring programs, Co-chaired an internal Technical Forum and is currently the Chair of Husky’s Women’s Leadership Network.

– How to decrease your financial risk against future life challenges

WHEN | Thursday, October 5, 2017

WHERE | geoLogic Classroom, +15 lvl, Aquitaine Tower, 540 – 5 Ave SW

This is a free event – No registration required, women and men are invited to attend. Don’t forget to bring your lunch and questions

About Vanessa:

Vanessa Stockbrugger is the Founder of Womencents, where she helps her clients understand their finances and recognize how everyday decisions may be limiting their ability to reach their goals. Money decisions are based on mindset, knowledge, and attitudes, and will ultimately determine a person’s financial position.

Womencents focuses on developing financial security, confidence, and self-reliance for clients by providing independent and unbiased information and strategies. Womencents does not sell financial or insurance products. Clients can expect to achieve a better understanding of their financial position, recognize habits involving spending and saving and develop an effective system to meet their financial goals.

Vanessa holds a Business Administration Degree in Finance and spent a decade of her career as an Investment Banker at a major Canadian Bank. As a Vice President and Director, she was responsible for helping her clients make important strategic and financial decisions. Through her personal life experiences and a passion to help her clients reach their goals, Vanessa’s unique focus and expertise on helping women gain financial security and independence has improved the financial well-being of numerous women. Vanessa lives with her husband and two daughters in Calgary, Alberta.

GeoWomen are back! We hope all of you have a great and wonderful summer. This coming September we are excited to have Hilary Foulkes, Professional Geologist & Chair of Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. Securities Canada. Hilary will give a talk about the Power of Entropy in Building a Career.

AGENDA | 11:30 AM Networking 12:00 Presentation by Hilary Foulkes

This is a free Event – No registration required, women and men are invited to attend. Don’t forget to bring your lunch and questions

Hilary began her career over 35 years ago as a hard rock geologist, working in remote exploration camps and then transitioned to the oil and gas industry. She worked on the oil rigs and had technical roles in exploration, development and corporate planning over an almost 20-year time frame. Her career then evolved from the technical application of geoscience to the strategic. As a financial advisor, she brokered many merger and acquisition transactions and later, in an executive role, was the architect and lead negotiator of trend setting and award winning a multi-billion dollar, international joint ventures. She has had a number of executive roles in both investment banking and oil and gas operations, including Managing Director at Scotiabank and Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer for Penn West Exploration, which at the time was one of the largest Canadian oil companies.

Hilary is the founder and currently, Chair of Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. Canada, a local branch of the global energy advisory firm based in Houston. She is a Corporate Director for Enerplus Corporation and for private equity company, Modern Resources. Hilary is also the Chair of “Let’s Talk Science”, a national science education foundation that promotes science literacy for children.

She served as a member of the Crude Oil and Liquids Advisory Panel during the 2015 Alberta Royalty Review, is a “Deloitte Women of Influence Speaker” and University of Waterloo Distinguished Alumni.

Hilary is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors. She has a unique perspective on life, leadership, and governance in Canada’s oil patch.

GeoWomen is excited to have Brian Palmer share his insights on interviews at our noon-hour event on June 26, 2017. Any job seeker knows that getting an interview is a step ahead in a job search. As a career coach and former recruiter who has led hundreds of interviews, Brian will share his expertise on getting your own unique brand across to potential employers.

WHEN | Monday, June 26, 2017

AGENDA | 11:30AM Networking
12:00 Presentation by Brian Palmer

This is a free Event – No registration required, women and men are invited to attend. Don’t forget to bring your lunch and questions

MORE ABOUT BRIAN

Brian is a strategic career professional with over twelve years of experience in the energy and consulting industries. He holds a Finance degree from the University of Calgary and has recruited and coached professionals in the Geosciences, Engineering, Business, Health & Safety, IT and HR. His focus on career development has included roles as a recruiter, talent management advisor, new grad program coordinator, and career transition coach. In that time Brian has screened over 2800 resumes and led more than 300 interviews. He is passionate about helping others through active listening, thoughtful questions, and a kind and warm approach.

Brian is a Master Practitioner of the Energy Leadership Index (ELI-MP) and currently pursuing his Professional Coaching Certification (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation.

Burgess Shale hike to Walcott Quarry is now SOLD OUT. However, registration for the Mt. Stephen is open. Register now to secure your spot!! We are looking for two professionals to sponsor students. If you would like to be a sponsor please email to the Hike coordinator. Muzna : muzna.trq@gmail.com.

Registration Details :
1) To register, click the following link: Burgess Shale Guided Hikes
2) Please pick Mt. Stephen tour.
3) Scroll down for online booking and specify Friday, July 14th, 2017 for tour hike. If you wish to sponsor a student please add an extra ticket into your booking.
4) Once you click continue you will be prompted to fill in your personal information. If you are sponsoring a student please fill in your own name but provide (403) 466-4789 for contact number and muzna.trq@gmail.com for email. At the end of the page you will notice a “NOTE” section at the end of the page.
5) Please enter GEOWOMEN GROUP into this space, as it will help us place you under out tour group!

GeoWomen is thrilled to invite you for guided group hikes to the Burgess Shale! Burgess Shale was first discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site tucked away in the Rockies of Yoho National Park only about two hours from Calgary. This magnificent site holds some of the world’s most unique fossils from the Cambrian explosion preserving hard parts and soft tissue. These fossils provide one of the best windows onto the origin of many modern animal groups and ecology of the first complex marine communities. More than a century after the first fossils were discovered, palaeontologists continue visiting these sites and building up collections for a variety of studies.

Join us for an exciting day in the mountains to learn more about the Burgess Shale and get a chance to meet people from the industry. Professionals, new grads, and students are welcome to register for one of the available hikes.

Site InformationFirst discovered in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott, recent interpretation of these exquisitely preserved 508 million year old fossils has influenced the scientific view of the evolution of life on Earth. Visit this UNESCO World Heritage site and learn about our three themes: History of Life, Mountain Building and Glaciation, and Climate change in the Canadian Rockies.The publication of Stephen Jay Gould’s Wonderful Life in 1989 raised public awareness about the exquisitely preserved fossils of the Burgess Shale. Jean-Bernard Caron’s February 2014 announcement about the discovery of the Marble Canyon site in Kootenay NP has further increased interest in visiting the Walcott Quarry. Due to the high demand, the dates for this hike fill quickly. Please also consider visiting the Mt Stephen Fossil Beds, where Burgess Shale-type biota were first recognized in 1886.

Site InformationIf you are new to the Burgess Shale and wish to see abundant and obvious Cambrian fossils, this is the hike to do. The site is strewn with rock slabs containing appendages of the Cambrian predator Anomalocaris canadensis; trilobites Ogygopsis klotzi, Olenoides serratus and Elrathina cordillerae as well as brachiopods and sponges.The Mount Stephen Fossil Beds were discovered in 1886, after railway workers reported finding what they called “stone bugs” in the talus on the slopes of Mount Stephen. Learn about the environment in which these creatures lived and perished and why many of the species that are found here do not occur at the Walcott Quarry site.

Registration Details :
1) To register, click the following link: Burgess Shale Guided Hikes
2) Please pick between Walcott Quarry or Mt. Stephen tour.
3) Scroll down for online booking and specify Friday, July 14th, 2017 for tour hike. If you wish to sponsor a student please add an extra ticket into your booking.
4) Once you click continue you will be prompted to fill in your personal information. If you are sponsoring a student please fill in your own name but provide (403) 466-4789 for contact number and muzna.trq@gmail.com for email. At the end of the page you will notice a “NOTE” section at the end of the page.
5) Please enter GEOWOMEN GROUP into this space, as it will help us place you under out tour group!

Networking is more important than ever. Whether you are a job-seeker or gainfully employed you never know what’s around the next corner. In today’s fluid employment marketplace, how does your LinkedIn Profile rank?

To answer this question and other further questions related to Linkedin Profile this April 10, 2017 Geowomen will have Clifford Wessel to answer the questions.

Clifford Wessel, 02yellow Inc. is a senior career coach with 15+ years experience working with leaders and professionals primarily in Oil & Gas. He is highly sought-after for his expertise in Career Assessments, Branding, Strategy, and LinkedIn. He has coached 1000+ clients across 6 continents in both English and Spanish and has 40+ recommendations from former and present clients on LinkedIn

He will review:
1. LinkedIn 101: 7 steps required to complete your LinkedIn profile.
2. LinkedIn 201: How to optimize and brand your LinkedIn profile.
3. LinkedIn 301: How to use some of LinkedIn’s most advanced features, including Boolean searches

As always, this is a free Event – No registration required. Women and men are invited to attend. Dont forget to bring along your lunch and your questions.

The Alberta Innovation Engine is a platform designed to retool Albertans for the new economy. We provide informative sessions on areas of focus for economic diversification, inspiring talks from entrepreneurs, and workshops designed to kickstart new businesses by pairing high-caliber teams with common industry problems.

Come check us out and have a chance to contribute to the program design for 2017!

Jackie Forrest is the Director of Research at ARC Energy Institute. Jackie actively monitors emerging strategic trends related to energy. She is an author and sought after public speaker with 20 years of experience in the energy industry. She has written numerous blogs and columns on energy issues, and is a regular contributor to the Daily Oil Bulletin and the National Post publications. She is also a recognized expert in analyzing oil and gas systems in a carbon constrained world. Prior to joining ARC, she was the leader of North American crude oil research for IHS CERA. Jackie has published more than 16 public papers on energy issues, covering a range of topics, including US oil supply sources, markets for Canadian crude oil, environmental regulation, technology and five papers on life cycle GHG emissions from crude oil. Jackie has extensive experience moderating dialogues, helping people share different perspectives on issues critical to the future of energy markets. Jackie attended the University of Calgary where she received an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering. She also has an MBA from Queens University. You can follow her on Twitter @JackieForrest and at www.arcenergyinstitute.com

Note: this is a free Event – no registration required, women and men are invited to attend.

Tough economic times have a significant impact on our connection to work and work arrangements (e.g., full-time, part-time, contract). With the understanding that there is no “one size fits all” approach to work, the presentation will explore different work arrangements and the positive and negative impacts on both career trajectory and work-life balance. GeoWomen, in this opportunity will host a presentation by Rachael Pettigrew, PhD – Assistant Professor at the Bissett School of Business. The presentation will address the unique professional challenges faced by women in male-dominated industries.

Rachael Noelle Pettigrew, PhD, lives in Calgary and, after 12 years at the University of Manitoba, is now an Assistant Professor in Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University. In addition to being an experienced instructor and presenter (and mother of 2), Rachael is an active researcher. Her research follows two streams. Her primary research focuses on the work-life interface, but with specific interest in organizational culture, gender in the workplace, and family-supportive policies. Her secondary research stream involves workplace diversity and the role of the employer in newcomer settlement experience.

Details of the event:

11:30AM Networking12:00 Presentation by Rachael Pettigrew

Important to note here that this is a free event, no registration required, women and men are invited to attend. Bring your lunch and your questions. GeoWomen of Calgary is a member of AWSN. If you would like updates on future events, please join our GeoWomen LinkedIn Group

National Post recently issued an interesting article about jobless in Alberta: Tens of thousands of energy professionals are out of work and out of hope. Link of the full article.

Join Geowomen Event this Sept 22 to find out more as Marian will be sharing her thoughts about the article and an update on what the joint societies (CSEG, CSPG, CWLS, CSUR & SPE) are doing to engage our governments on behalf of their professional members.

As summer nearly ends, Geowomen group in Calgary resumes free events for the members or anybody who is interested to gain some knowledge and update from oil industries or professional organizations.

This September Geowomen will have Marian C. Hanna, ICD.D, P. Geoph, CSEG President
Marian to present her experience with the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program that she successfully completed this year.
She will also be sharing an update on what the joint societies (CSEG, CSPG, CWLS, CSUR & SPE) are doing to engage our governments on behalf of their professional members. The details of the event as follows:

11:30AM Networking12:00 Presentation by Marian Hanna

Important to note here that this is a free event, no registration required, women and men are invited to attend. Bring your lunch and your questions. GeoWomen of Calgary is a member of AWSN. If you would like updates on future events, please join our GeoWomen LinkedIn Group

Biography: Marian Hanna Marian is a courageous leader, visionary solutionist and quantifiable achiever of desired results. Marian is passionate, enthusiastic, versatile, well-organized and a self-motivated technical and business leader with a strong history of achieving outstanding results with a variety of cross-functional professionals, departments and companies. She is a professional geoscientist with strong technical and business skills in international and North American markets. She has been fortunate to have held a variety of roles that have allowed her skills to grow in many areas. These skills include strategic planning and leadership, effective management and planning in complex and ever changing environments, successful continuous improvement, project management and relevancy through business and political acumen all accomplished through inter-departmental relationships and effective stakeholder relationships. Her background in accounting and natural resources compliments the systems and critical thinking that is needed in today’s economy. Many of her experiences have provided her with the skills to be successful in problem solving, team building, coordination, advising and collaboration with various cross discipline departments and professionals. These skills and experiences have led to many synergistic accomplishments through strong relationships both internally and externally to her previous positions. She is proud to know that she has helped to create meaningful and cooperative relationships with colleagues, clients, partners, governments, regulators, stakeholders, special interest groups and industry to work towards common goals which have often yielded innovative and creative solutions for a common goal. Her passion for contributing to the community with which she has lived is inherent in who she is and the considerable effort she puts into her work.

Do you have good negotiation skills?

Negotiation happens every day everywhere, can be at workplace, at your organizations, or even at home. This is the skills that you will need all the time at your career life and in your personal life as well. As examples, frequently you need to negotiate with your husband or your partner so that you can share responsibilities with him or her. Negotiate with your kids, it happens at many times. Importantly, when you need to negotiate with your boss for some adjustment in your project you are working on or with your colleague to negotiate about delegating some of your work while you are on vacation.

One fact you need to know, some of you may not be aware of, you spend a significant part of your day negotiating. This makes how important to have good negotiation skills. Having good negotiation skills is really significant to build success in your career and potentially help develop your career advancement.

Once you have negotiation skills, next questions you would ask,

Do you have all your facts straight and your spreadsheet organized before you go into a stressful negotiation and still come out on the wrong end?

Are you searching for wording and not sure how to ask for what you want?

Find out the answers by joining our Geowomen event in May 9th. We will present a talk given by Michelle Phaneuf, Chartered Mediator, trained negotiator, Ombudsman and Professional Engineer. She will share with us about a process for negotiating that will boost your confidence and build insight for your next difficult negotiation. This event is a free noon-hour event with no registration required.

Details of the event:

WHEN: Monday, May 9 2016

WHERE: The University of Alberta Calgary Centre #120, 333 5 Avenue SW, Calgary (Please use main entrance off of 3rd street SW (Accessible entrance is available from 5th Ave SW). Link to GoogleMaps.

AGENDA: 11:30 Networking

12:00 Presentation by Michelle Phaneuf

Biography

Michelle Phaneuf is a Chartered Mediator, trained negotiator and Ombudsman who supports others in difficult conversations and negotiations. With over 20 years of past and varied experience as a Professional Engineer, energy management consultant, business owner, facilitator and property owner/manager, she has been exposed to a wide variety of negotiation situations. Michelle is the Alberta Co-Director of Workplace Fairness and believes that values-based collaborative dialogue leads to an opportunity for both parties to have their needs met.

Diversity refers to all the ways we differ – whether that is our gender, age, experience, education, perspectives or family situation. Diversity mainly bring some challenges or barriers at workplace but it may also bring creativity, opportunity and possibilities to careers and organizations.

On this upcoming April 7, Geowomen will host a noon interactive session which will be led by Anne-Marie Pham, Diversity and Inclusion Expert. She will discuss barriers women faced in the workplace, what each person can do to leverage their diversity, increase their confidence, and network more effectively for change. We will engage you to think of how you can navigate your professional journey through the eyes of a female professional who made a bold career move by fully utilizing her diversity, passion and skill sets for positive change. Come and join us in this free session to gain this important knowledge and skills to improve and develop your career advancement. Details of the even as follows:

WHEN : Thursday, April 7 2016

As previous Geowomen event this is a free event – No registration required. Women and men are invited to attend. Feel free to bring your lunch and your questions.

Biography: Anne-Marie Pham

Anne-Marie Pham has worked with Calgary’s diverse communities for over 20 years. She has a deep understanding of issues and opportunities related to diversity, and endeavours to integrate diversity and inclusion principles in her daily practice. Anne-Marie was born in Vietnam and lived in France for 12 years before making Canada her permanent home. She has a master’s degree in public administration (MPA) and a BA in Sociology. She is currently the manager of Diversity and Employment Equity at Spectra Energy. From 2012 to August 2014, she led the City of Calgary’s corporate framework and 3-year action plan for ‘Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace’. Prior to her career in diversity, Anne-Marie co-founded a high-tech company called Techneos Systems, with a focus on developing global survey data collection technology for multiple mobile platforms.

Anne-Marie is currently a member of the KNOVO advisory committee and chair of KNOVO’s Corporate Recognition Committee. KNOVO, a major program initiative of the Calgary Council for Advanced Technology (CCAT), is funded by the Status of Women Canada to broaden the advancement of women’s participation in the digital business knowledge economy for better corporate decision-making outcomes.

Anne-Marie is a wife and mother of two, as well as an avid community engagement volunteer, supporting civic participation and community leadership development of immigrants, women and youth. In 2013, she received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee award for her community service. Check her profile at Linkedin.

GeoConvention 2016 will be held in March 7-9 at the TELUS Convention Centre in the heart of downtown Calgary. This year the organizer chose a theme; Optimizing Resources, will be attended by over 4,000+ participants. It is a great opportunity to put your brand front and centre that is not one to be missed.

This event will showcase the necessary sharpening of tools, techniques and images required to find and produce oil and gas efficiently. Against a backdrop of changing macro and micro conditions, the industry must adapt by focusing attention on the most significant facets of an operation, refining evolving workflows, and sustaining effective practices.

Importantly, this year at the GeoConvention 2016, there will be a Workplace Culture/Diversity session. This session will take place the morning of March 9th in the in the Glen Room 205 of Telus Convention Centre.

This is a new session for the conference. Though at first glance it may seem like this session is meant for HR departments, this is not the case. Workplace Culture/Diversity encompasses a whole organization. Many of this years presenters are professionals who believe in the work their organizations are doing towards workplace culture/diversity or they are scientists/engineers who study workplace culture/diversity. We encourage all to attend this session.

The conference committee would like to open the session up to the wider audience. If you know of individuals or organizations that would benefit form the session, the committee is offering a $50 registration for March 9th. Here is a code for registration WCD2016 . The committee welcomes these attendees to check out the rest of the conference that day as well. They hope to continue the interest in this type of session for years to come and wish to broaden the diversity of the conference attendees.

Please spread the work on this session. We hope to fill the room with professionals who are interested in understanding more about how Workplace Culture/Diversity effects the greater work environment.

It has been tough years since oil price plunged below $50 in 2014 that significantly impacted most of professionals working in oil industry especially in Calgary or other cities in Alberta. The oil price crisis hit badly causing job cuts and challenging job market condition particularly for job seekers.

Geowomen would like to invite you attend an hour session with Joy Cohen BPA, RPR. She is a Human Resources Professional, Strategic Resume Writer, Recruitment and Career Consultant, Outplacement Counselor.

Joy will be sharing and providing some guidance about important elements in job search strategies to tackle this difficult job market .

Come and hear Joy as an expert advice on resume writing, job search guidance and career navigation

Please use main entrance off of 3rd Street SW(Accessible entrance is available from 5th Avenue SW)

AGENDA:
11:30AM Networking
12:00 Presentation by Joy Cohen

Free Event – No registration required. Women and men are invited to attend
Bring your lunch and your questions

Biography: Joy CohenJoy has 10+ years of consulting experience spans 4 key areas: career and employment advising, recruitment practices, résumé development and facilitating diverse adult learner groups in person and online. Industry career advising experience: Education, Health, Manufacturing, Construction, Government, Telecommunications, Engineering, and Oil and Gas. She has worked with candidates from the Blue Collar to the Executive Level.

Joy has completed numerous candidate résumé development projects on behalf of Recruitment firms so that their candidates can be shown in their best possible light to potential employers. She also planned, developed and carried out the initial stages of BESTT (Bridge for Engineering Science Technology Talent) Program in collaboration with an existing and growing network of volunteers, community groups, and key stakeholders in government, industry, and academia in Alberta.

If you would like updates on future events, please join our GeoWomen LinkedIn Group or sign up for Geowomen mailing list :

Join GeoWomen of Calgary for a noon-hour event with Jessica Vandenberghe – APEGA Director of Enforcement and Permits – for a discussion on Life Management. Having worked in the oil sands for just under 10 years and now in a public sector regulatory role, Jessica has learned many things. She will share some of her stories, learning and habits she has that have helped her achieve a successful career and life.

DATE:Thursday, December 10 – 2015

AGENDA: 11:30 Networking 12:00 Presentation by Jessica Vandenberghe

Jessica Vandenberghe has been with APEGA since May 2012, first in the role of Director of Outreach and Product services and more recently in the role of Director of Enforcement and Permits. Born and raised in rural Alberta, she obtained two engineering degrees from the University of Alberta and worked in the oil sands industry for just under 10 years with several patents to her name. As a long time outreach volunteer, supporter of diversity, and a passion for education, she works to be a positive influence on the perceptions of the engineering world.

– This is a free Event, no registration required
– Women and men are invited to attend
– Bring your lunch and your questions

AVE (Adding Value in Energy) Network is a non profit organization that has a goal to foster our GeoScience, Engineering & Technologist community with passion for our jobs while supporting each other as we grow in our careers. AVE e believe each of our members has something to offer and we hope to have the opportunity to learn from each of them. We look forward to Adding Value in Energy!

AVE Network has a Christmas Party November 26th and everybody is welcome to join. We have a CEO attending and some other women leaders. People are more than welcome to bring their significant others and tickets are available in the Eventbrite page.

Please join GeoWomen of Calgary for a noon-hour event with Catherine McAteer – Calgary employment lawyer – for a continuation on the discussion of Women, the Workplace and the Law.

Details of the event:

When : Thursday, November 19, 2015 11.30-1pm

Where : The University of Alberta Calgary Centre, #120, 333 5 avenue SW

Agenda :

11:30 – 12 : Networking

12:00 – 1pm : Presentation by Catherine McAteer

Please use main entrance off of 3rd street SW, Accessible entrance is available from 5th avenue SW

Note

Free Event – No registration required

Women and men are invited to attend

Bring your lunch and your questions

If you would like updates on future events, please join our GeoWomen LinkedIn Group and if you have topics or questions you would like to be discussed at this talk or future events, please add them as a comment on our LinkedIn page

Biography: Catherine McAteer
Catherine is a lawyer, photographer and mom. She has practiced employment and immigration law at a large law firm, a small law firm and as in house counsel for an oilfield services company. Prior to law school, she earned a degree in geological engineering and trained as a drilling fluids engineer with a large oilfield services company in Columbia and Venezuela. Catherine’s current focus is providing efficient and practical employment and immigration advice to employees and employers and is frequently called upon in career transition situations.

Thank you to everyone Career Transitions event a great success! Presentation slides will be available soon for those who attended our event on September 22 – Career Transitions & The Law: Employment Terminations & Maternity Leaves – Know Your Rights.

For those of you who are interested, our speaker, Catherine McAteer (local employment lawyer), will be sharing her employment termination slides with us and is willing to present a ‘Part 2’ discussion to cover the Maternity Leave & Child Care Accommodation cases she referred to.
Updates will be posted here and on our website.
We are also in the process of planning future meetings, so if you have any suggestions, please let us know.